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SHOE.

No. 396,787. Patented Jan. 29. 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

NARRIS WVARD, OF LENA, ILLINOIS.

SHOE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,787, datedJanuary 29, 1889. I

Application filed February 2, 1888- Serial No. 262,797. (No model.)

. To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NARRIS XVARD, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the town of Lena, in the county of Stephenson and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes, of whichthe following is a full and true specification.

My invention consists in an improvement in shoes in which the quartersof the shoe are cut so that when united and the shoe completed the seamwhich unites the quarters of the vamp at the back part of the ankle doesnot come in the line of the center of the back of the ankle, but alittle to one side of the center, so that the material of which the shoeis made is pliable and readily yields on the line of the ankle above thecounter to the motion of the ankle when the toe of the shoe is bentupward or downward in walking. I attain this desirable object by theform in which the quarters of the vamp are cut and united, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideview of one of the quarters-to wit, the right quarter of the right shoe.Fig. 2 is a side view of the second quarter i. 6., the left quarter ofthe right shoe. Fig. 3 is an upright view of the left side of thequarter of the right shoe after the two quarters A and B have beenunited, showing the position of the seam D, which unites the quarters.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

The right or outward quarter of the right shoe is cut in the form of A,Fig. 1, of any suitable material out of which it is desired to make thevamp or upper part of the shoe. The left or inward quarter of the rightshoe is cut in the form of 13, Fig. 2. The right quarter is then doubledover on the dotted line C, Fig. 1, so that the outer line, E,corresponds with the dotted line E, and the quarters sewed together; andwhen the quarters are thus united they form the rear part or quarters ofthe vamp, having the seam which unites the quarters from a point belowthe top of the counter to the top of the shoe a little to the left or onthe inward side of the center line of the ankle, as shown at D, Fig.

3, the dotted line F showing the top line of the counter.

A shoe thus manufactured readily yields to the upward and downwardmotion of the ankle in walking and obviates the tendency of the seamwhich unites the quarters to break or rip above the counter. Theposition of the seam from the point where the vamp and sole unite at therear of the heel for about twothirds of the height of the counter is inthe center of the back part of the heel. At about two-thirds of theheight of the counter the seam in the right shoe bends to the left ashort distance, as shown by the dotted lineD, Fig. 3, then upward in thedirection of the dotted line D to the top of the shoe. In ad dition tothe outer material used in the vamp, I provide a lining (when lining isdesired) in similarshape and form to the outer material, as described inthe foregoing, with this difference, that the lining of the left quarterof the right shoe is cut in the form of A, Fig. 1, and the lining of theright quarter in the form of B, Fig. 2, so that when the linings of thetwo quarters are united and joined with the material of the vamp theseam which unites the quarters of the vamp and the seam which unites thelinings (except at the lower part of the counter) do not correspond, butfall on ope posite sides of the center line of the ankle, thus avoidinga bungling of the two seams by their coming together.

The quarters of my shoes are out in pairs. After cutting the quarters ofthe right shoe, as above described, the patterns are turned over and theleft quarter of the left shoe is out in the form of A, Fig. 1, the rightquarter of the left shoe being cut in the form of B, Fig. 2. When thesequarters are united, it brings the seam which unites the quarters abovethe center of the counter of the left shoe 011 the right side of thecenter of the ankle and toward the inner side of the foot. The lining ofthe right quarter of the left shoe is cut in the shape of A, Fig. 1, andthe lining of the left quarter of the left shoe in the form of B, Fig.2.

A pair of shoes manufactured in this way will have the seam which unitesthe outer quarters on the inward side of the ankles.

\Vhat I claim to be new, anddesire to sepleted the seam which unites thequarters cure by Letters Patent, isabove the counter falls on the innerside of A shoe having the quarters in two sections, the center of theheel. A and B, substantially as described, A being NARRIS WARD. 5provided above the counter with an exten- F In presence of sion, 0,and 1) cut away to correspond with I HOMER M. DODDS, the extension C, sothat when the shoe is com- I \VILLIAM GALBRAITH.

